news

[ nooz, nyooz ]

/ nuz, nyuz /

Save This Word!

noun (usually used with a singular verb)

a report of a recent event; intelligence; information: His family has had no news of his whereabouts for months.

the presentation of a report on recent or new events in a newspaper or other periodical or on radio or television.

such reports taken collectively; information reported: There's good news tonight.

a person, thing, or event considered as a choice subject for journalistic treatment; newsworthy material.Compare copy (def. 5).

newspaper.

newscast.

QUIZ

ALL IN FAVO(U)R OF THIS BRITISH VS. AMERICAN ENGLISH QUIZ

There's an ocean of difference between the way people speak English in the US vs. the UK. Are your language skills up to the task of telling the difference? Let's find out!

Question 1 of 7

True or false? British English and American English are only different when it comes to slang words.

true

false

TAKE THE QUIZ TO FIND OUT

Origin of news

1425–75; late Middle English newis, plural of newe new thing, novelty (see new); on the model of Middle French noveles (plural of novele), or Medieval Latin nova (plural of novum); see novel²

OTHER WORDS FROM news

newsless, adjectivenews·less·ness, noun

Words nearby news

New Right, New Rochelle, New Romney, Newry, Newry and Mourne, news, news agency, newsagent, news analyst, newsbeat, newsboard

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

How to use news in a sentence

The Business Insider publisher is announcing this week the launch of a news bureau in Singapore, kicking off with four reporters and a salesperson.
‘We’re about hiring journalists’: Insider Inc. launches third global news hub in Singapore|Lucinda Southern|September 17, 2020|Digiday
The president made the assertion during a news briefing where he defended his administration’s response to the pandemic.
Trump contradicts CDC director on vaccine; Biden says Americans shouldn’t trust Trump|Colby Itkowitz, Felicia Sonmez, John Wagner|September 16, 2020|Washington Post
Alongside news of Caputo’s hiatus came word that his deputy, Paul Alexander, would permanently leave.
The Trump administration’s politicization of coronavirus comes to a head|Aaron Blake|September 16, 2020|Washington Post
The viewers of Striscia la Notizia, a popular satirical news program, are shown “100% Brumotti,” a segment in which Vittorio Brumotti, a noted trick cyclist, roams Italy on his bike combating various social ills.
Vittorio Brumotti Serves Vigilante Justice on a Bike|Tom Vanderbilt|September 15, 2020|Outside Online

The news came hours after Microsoft revealed that TikTok owner ByteDance had rejected its acquisition, putting an end—for now at least—to a geopolitical drama that has roiled the tech world for months.
Twitter users sound off about Oracle’s TikTok deal|Jeff|September 14, 2020|Fortune
Almost all of the network and cable news channels said that they would not be showing the cartoons either.
Politicians Only Love Journalists When They're Dead|Luke O’Neil|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Other major news outlets made the same decision, hiding behind a misplaced sense of multicultural sensitivity.
Why We Stand With Charlie Hebdo—And You Should Too|John Avlon|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
And extortion makes a lot more sense before a story hits the news wire, not after.
Phylicia Rashad and the Cult of Cosby Truthers|Stereo Williams|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Earlier this week, Huckabee ended his Fox News talk show so he could spend time mulling another bid for the Republican nomination.
Huckabee 2016: Bend Over and Take It Like a Prisoner!|Olivia Nuzzi|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Terrorism is bad news anywhere, but especially rough on Odessa, where the city motto seems to be “make love, not war.”
Is Putin Turning to Terrorism in Ukraine?|Anna Nemtsova|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The expatriated ex-rebels became alarmed by the non-receipt of the indemnity instalment and the news from their homes.
The Philippine Islands|John Foreman
News came that the rebels were plundering the British quarters, and the infantry went there in hot haste.
The Red Year|Louis Tracy
A considerable proportion of the industrial and commercial news is now written to an end.
The Salvaging Of Civilisation|H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
The news of these successes brought crowds of volunteers to our standard.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various
Next morning Judy shouted that there was a rat in the nursery, and thus he forgot to tell her the wonderful news.
Kipling Stories and Poems Every Child Should Know, Book II|Rudyard Kipling

British Dictionary definitions for news

news

/ (njuːz) /

noun (functioning as singular)

current events; important or interesting recent happenings

information about such events, as in the mass media

the news a presentation, such as a radio broadcast, of information of this typethe news is at six
(in combination)a newscaster

interesting or important information not previously known or realizedit's news to me

a person, fashion, etc, widely reported in the mass mediashe is no longer news in the film world

Derived forms of news

newsless, adjective

Word Origin for news

C15: from Middle English newes, plural of newe new (adj) on model of Old French noveles or Medieval Latin nova new things

Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Other Idioms and Phrases with news

news

see bad news; break the news; no news is good news.

news

Origin of news

OTHER WORDS FROM news

Words nearby news

Words related to news

How to use news in a sentence

British Dictionary definitions for news

Derived forms of news

Word Origin for news

Other Idioms and Phrases with news